"Every one of the hundred million Arabs has been living
... to see the day Israel is liquidated"

Cairo Radio’s Voice of the Arabs broadcast,
May 18th 1967.

1967 Khartoum Resolutions

Following the Six Day War, leaders of eight Arab countries met in Khartoum
(Sudan) between August 29 and September 1, 1967 and formulated what became
kown as The Khartoum Resolutions. This document shaped the subsequent
policies of these governments towards Israel (with the exception of Egypt)
until the 1973 Yom Kippur War. In essence this policy statement was unchanged
from what had been the official policy of these states since Israel's War
of Independence in 1948.

The Khartoum Resolutions resolved to commit to continued war with
Israel and the document was popularly known as the three nos' because
of the resolution in paragraph three which committed these countries to:

Resolution of September 1, 1967 was issued at the conclusion of a meeting
between the leaders of eight Arab countries in the wake of the Six-Day War.
The resolution, which formed a basis of the policies of these governments
toward Israel until the Yom Kippur War of 1973, called for:

No peace with Israel

No recognition of Israel

No negotiations with Israel

Khartoum Resolutions text:

"1. The conference has affirmed the unity of Arab ranks, the unity
of joint action
and the need for coordination and for the elimination of all differences.
The
Kings, Presidents and representatives of the other Arab Heads of State
at the
conference have affirmed their countries' stand by and implementation
of the
Arab Solidarity Charter which was signed at the third Arab summit conference
in Casablanca.

2. The conference has agreed on the need to consolidate all efforts to
eliminate
the effects of the aggression on the basis that the occupied lands are
Arab
lands and that the burden of regaining these lands falls on all the Arab
States.

3. The Arab Heads of State have agreed to unite their political efforts
at the
international and diplomatic level to eliminate the effects of the aggression
and
to ensure the withdrawal of the aggressive Israeli forces from the Arab
lands
which have been occupied since the aggression of June 5. This will be
done
within the framework of the main principles by which the Arab States abide,
namely, no peace with Israel, no recognition of Israel, no negotiations
with
it, and insistence on the rights of the Palestinian people in their own
country.

4. The conference of Arab Ministers of Finance, Economy and Oil
recommended that suspension of oil pumping be used as a weapon in the
battle. However, after thoroughly studying the matter, the summit conference
has come to the conclusion that the oil pumping can itself be used as
a positive
weapon, since oil is an Arab resource which can be used to strengthen
the
economy of the Arab States directly affected by the aggression, so that
these
States will be able to stand firm in the battle. The conference has, therefore,
decided to resume the pumping of oil, since oil is a positive Arab resource
that
can be used in the service of Arab goals. It can contribute to the efforts
to
enable those Arab States which were exposed to the aggression and thereby
lost economic resources to stand firm and eliminate the effects of the
aggression. The oil-producing States have, in fact, participated in the
efforts to
enable the States affected by the aggression to stand firm in the face
of any
economic pressure.

5. The participants in the conference have approved the plan proposed
by
Kuwait to set up an Arab Economic and Social Development Fund on the basis
of the recommendation of the Baghdad conference of Arab Ministers of
Finance, Economy and Oil.

6. The participants have agreed on the need to adopt the necessary measures
to strengthen military preparation to face all eventualities.

7. The conference has decided to expedite the elimination of foreign bases
in
the Arab States."

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